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Ploddish
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Sky've been having a Coen Bros spazzout recently, so I thought I'd catch up with them.
Fargo
Love this. Love how it unfolds. Love the dry comedy, the acting. Steve Buscemi is great, and Frances McDormand plays the best heroine I've seen in ages. The accents are utterly hilarious. I shouldn't laugh at Canadians but :lol:
8/10
No Country For Old Men
This completely blew me away. I thought The Mist was impressive for having very little music and was fairly tense throughout. This had me on the edge of my seat for at least half the movie. Loved how it unfolded. The cinematography was simply magnetic, I wouldn't've stopped watching even if I'd (for some bizzare reason) wanted to.
It was a bit like The Prestige every time Javier Bardem was on or just off screen. You watched with a morbid curiosity as to what he'd do next. I want to know how he kept his hair like that. And that silencer was huge.
Tommy Lee Jones was as good as ever. He was a nice way of explaining certain plot points, but didn't seem of much use otherwise.
9/10
The Big Lebowski
I loved how this kept spiralling into madness. Started off obscure but fun to watch, descended into brilliance and insanity. Jeff Bridges was superb as the passive hero, just going with the flow. Steve Buscemi! He did nothing, but ! nonetheless.
8.5/10
Raising Arizona
Really funny at points. Probably the most traditional of them I watched. Had a clear moral story, definite ending. None of the principal actors died. Felt like it was for a less mature audience, though I could see their madness blooming occasionally. Music was amusing and fitted brilliantly. Nick Cage was actually really quite good in this role, worked out well. No Steve Buscemi though, missed not seeing him
7/10
You know, I think I rather like the Coen Brothers. Rather a lot. Yes.
Fargo
Love this. Love how it unfolds. Love the dry comedy, the acting. Steve Buscemi is great, and Frances McDormand plays the best heroine I've seen in ages. The accents are utterly hilarious. I shouldn't laugh at Canadians but :lol:
8/10
No Country For Old Men
This completely blew me away. I thought The Mist was impressive for having very little music and was fairly tense throughout. This had me on the edge of my seat for at least half the movie. Loved how it unfolded. The cinematography was simply magnetic, I wouldn't've stopped watching even if I'd (for some bizzare reason) wanted to.
It was a bit like The Prestige every time Javier Bardem was on or just off screen. You watched with a morbid curiosity as to what he'd do next. I want to know how he kept his hair like that. And that silencer was huge.
Tommy Lee Jones was as good as ever. He was a nice way of explaining certain plot points, but didn't seem of much use otherwise.
9/10
The Big Lebowski
I loved how this kept spiralling into madness. Started off obscure but fun to watch, descended into brilliance and insanity. Jeff Bridges was superb as the passive hero, just going with the flow. Steve Buscemi! He did nothing, but ! nonetheless.
8.5/10
Raising Arizona
Really funny at points. Probably the most traditional of them I watched. Had a clear moral story, definite ending. None of the principal actors died. Felt like it was for a less mature audience, though I could see their madness blooming occasionally. Music was amusing and fitted brilliantly. Nick Cage was actually really quite good in this role, worked out well. No Steve Buscemi though, missed not seeing him
7/10
You know, I think I rather like the Coen Brothers. Rather a lot. Yes.
Slayed
Hyper Poster
^^^Agree with you on Blood Diamond, solid film.
^^LOL!
^Well since you even managed to enjoy Burn After Reading, I'd say that's a yes.
The repetitive randomness of their films is starting to get to me now though.
^^LOL!
^Well since you even managed to enjoy Burn After Reading, I'd say that's a yes
.The repetitive randomness of their films is starting to get to me now though.
The clue's in the word "musical". If she wasn't married to the director, it would never have happened (she's still a great actress though, Fight Club <3).Ben said:
^Well, no, because it was Sondheim she had to impress. Sure, Burton may have been a foot in the door, but if she hadn't impressed Sondheim (notorious about film adaptations of his work), she wouldn't have been allowed to do it.
But, just because she's in a musical, doesn't mean she has to be perfect. The music is only one aspect of it, and hitting every note doesn't matter when you've got the character nailed like she did. I'd have rather had her missing a few notes here and there than someone perfect at the singing who is lifeless in the role
Plus, she was a better singer than Depp.
But, just because she's in a musical, doesn't mean she has to be perfect. The music is only one aspect of it, and hitting every note doesn't matter when you've got the character nailed like she did. I'd have rather had her missing a few notes here and there than someone perfect at the singing who is lifeless in the role
Plus, she was a better singer than Depp.
Uncle Arly
Strata Poster
Slayed said:
No Mark, no! She has character songs, if they were sung beautifully, it wouldn't work!
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
TOTALLY agree with you there, Bennyt Wenny.
It annoys me when people in musicals always have perfect, elegant voices, reaching and nailing every single note they're asked to hit. Which like you said, works in things like in Phantom, but we're all not great singers, and in Sweeney they were meant to be regular people living a normal life, so why should they have fantastic voices anyways? I'm sure all of us here don't..
Slayed
Hyper Poster
I've never said she had to sing perfectly - but being able to sing AT ALL would have helped!Uncle Arly said:
Good grief, you're tone deaf then.Ben said:
Because they're starring in musicals? Because if they expect me to pay to see them perform they shouldn't make my ears bleed?LiveForTheLaunch said:
Slayed said:
Well... no, I'm not. I don't need to post my musical curriculum vitae, but, I'm certainly not tone deaf. She just has a voice which suits the character perfectly. She acts it perfectly. I mean, if someone as anal as Sondheim approved... It isn't Phantom. She's not supposed to be perfect. She's supposed to be Mrs Lovett. And that, she aces.
Anyway, I watched Sunset Boulevard this evening. I'd seen the musical before, which sticks close, but, this was still brilliant. It's not a film many people here will have seen (it's OLD! it's black and white! there's no explosionz!), which is a shame, because it's brilliant. It's all dialogue and mood, and it's great. 9/10.
Lol at Mrclam's post.
Watched Eragon on DVD last night.
Blimey, I can see why critics slated it. I don't know what it is but it just feels flat even though it has all the right ingredients for that type of film. When a character dies its hard to sympathise with the other characters as it just fails. The battle sequence at the end was good though and the last clip made it obvious what would happen in the sequel (Eragon did terrible at the box office, sequel no more). It's a shame they had John Malkovich and hardly used him.
Rating: 1/5 (for the battle scene)
Watched Eragon on DVD last night.
Blimey, I can see why critics slated it. I don't know what it is but it just feels flat even though it has all the right ingredients for that type of film. When a character dies its hard to sympathise with the other characters as it just fails. The battle sequence at the end was good though and the last clip made it obvious what would happen in the sequel (Eragon did terrible at the box office, sequel no more
). It's a shame they had John Malkovich and hardly used him.Rating: 1/5 (for the battle scene)
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
OMG I love Madagacar, as well as the second one! I thought they were both awesome movies, and were both hilarious.
King Julian <3
Just watched The usual suspects on DVD.
It was ok, gets better as it goes on. It takes too long to get going I think. The twist at the end was quite good but because it has been copied so many times it doesn't quite have the effect that it probably did on original release.
Rating: 3/5
It was ok, gets better as it goes on. It takes too long to get going I think. The twist at the end was quite good but because it has been copied so many times it doesn't quite have the effect that it probably did on original release.
Rating: 3/5
^That is a bad, bad film. So over-rated.
I just watched Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. I don't know if anyone else has seen this, but I hope to God some of you have seen the TV series...
I just finished the TV series after this hot guy leant me the DVDs (region one, since it's unavailable here, so even though I would recommend it until I'm blue in the face, you can't actually see the second series very easily!), and this is a "prequel" film. I'm also being educated in Lynch, so, it was a nice kill-two-birds-with-one-stone sort of moment.
Anyway, it's quite good if you like the show. If you haven't seen it, you'd be like "uh... what the hell?" and it would ruin too much of the mystery of the show for you. This is the problem I had with it. It showed too much. It's supposed to be a mystery, that's how Lynch wanted it, but, alas, Americans are dumb and wanted all the answers. It's still good in a bizarre, surreal way only Lynch seems to be able to make work, but, as an overall film and addition to the TV show, it falls short.
It's also missing Lucy and Andy Who are ace.
7/10
I just watched Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. I don't know if anyone else has seen this, but I hope to God some of you have seen the TV series...
I just finished the TV series after this hot guy leant me the DVDs (region one, since it's unavailable here, so even though I would recommend it until I'm blue in the face, you can't actually see the second series very easily!), and this is a "prequel" film. I'm also being educated in Lynch, so, it was a nice kill-two-birds-with-one-stone sort of moment.
Anyway, it's quite good if you like the show. If you haven't seen it, you'd be like "uh... what the hell?" and it would ruin too much of the mystery of the show for you. This is the problem I had with it. It showed too much. It's supposed to be a mystery, that's how Lynch wanted it, but, alas, Americans are dumb and wanted all the answers. It's still good in a bizarre, surreal way only Lynch seems to be able to make work, but, as an overall film and addition to the TV show, it falls short.
It's also missing Lucy and Andy
Who are ace. 7/10
I saw Usual Suspects one night, 11:00 p.m. showing at the Odeon in Hanley. First week of opening.
I knew nothing about it, but it was the only film with seats available.
So we watched it and it was mind blowing. The film was totally unlike anything that had been around (well, mainstream that we'd seen) before. The story, the captivating characters, the plot, the direction then the twist.
It really was something incredible - at the time.
I watched it a few months ago. As much as I remember how fantastic it was, it was such a shame to see it again. It's lost everything that made it good because it has been superseded time and time and time again (mostly by Fincher :lol: ).
So it's certainly over rated now, but for those people who saw it on release, and haven't seen it again - they're going to rate it very highly until they do get around to that second viewing.
I knew nothing about it, but it was the only film with seats available.
So we watched it and it was mind blowing. The film was totally unlike anything that had been around (well, mainstream that we'd seen) before. The story, the captivating characters, the plot, the direction then the twist.
It really was something incredible - at the time.
I watched it a few months ago. As much as I remember how fantastic it was, it was such a shame to see it again. It's lost everything that made it good because it has been superseded time and time and time again (mostly by Fincher :lol: ).
So it's certainly over rated now, but for those people who saw it on release, and haven't seen it again - they're going to rate it very highly until they do get around to that second viewing.
Slayed
Hyper Poster
Ben said:
Slayed said:
Lol, my girlfriend agrees with you Ben, and I can't call her tone deaf because she's a qualified music teacher :lol:. Dammit!Ben said:
I finally caught up with Knowing. It's a good story with an interesting angle which gets completely derailed by an unnecessary additional plot element.
Shame, since it's a well put together film, with good attention to character and some really visceral action sequences. The acting's mostly alright (if a little ropey at times), but that extra plot just leads to clichéland. 6.5/10